Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
TELEGRAPH BREVTTIES.

Patti claims that the altitude affects
her voice at the City of Mexico.
Senator Logan died at his residence
in Washington at o'clock Sunday after
noon.
A severe snow storm visited England,
blowing down telegraph lines and blocking
railway trains.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
called for SO 900 900 in 3 per cents. The call
natures February 1.
Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro, has
called out IS, 900 troops. They will be armed
with breech-loaders.
Pliny Nickerson, an extensive ship
owner of Boston has assigned. Liabilities
200, 600; nominal assets s25O,0OO.
A policeman at Lyons, France, found
smoking bomb under church porch and
extinguished the fuse before the thing ex-
ploded.
The trial of Professor Smythe for al
legged heresy, on account of his publica-
tions in the Andover Review has begun in
Boston.
q The steamers r. S. Hayes and City
of Natchez with four loaded barges burned
at Cairo. The total loss is estimated at
$4OO, 900.
The employees of the Philadelphia
brewers, numbering 1900 men, have struck
against proposed reduction of 20 per cent.
in wages.
Isaac Brickel, living twelve miles
from Springville, Iowa, was killed by his
son because the old man objected to his 60
ing to dance.
Mr.. Springer proposes to labor in
the House for the admission of Dakota, Mon
tana, New Mexico and Washington Terri
ories in a bunch.
The San Francisco street car strikers
made violent assault upon the new men on
two lines, and two rioters were wounded by
policeman's bullets.
According to reports at the General
Land Office fences have recently been re-
moved from ~, 600 acres of land principally
in the Denver District.
The Navy Department claims saw
ing of between SIS, 900 and SGO, 900 by the SUBJ
stitute of marines for watchmen and ship
keepers at the navy yards.
Sadie Bigelow and Lizzie Hart, two
Boston girls, after little spree on Christ
mas night with two young men, took
''Rough on Rats and died.
England will send twelve eighty-ton
guns for the defense of Victoria British
Columbia, and the Canadian Pacific Road
is preparing for their transportation.
A duel with swords was fought near
the City of Mexico between Prince Angus
latter was slightly wounded in the left
shoulder.
A. I. Brown and Chloe Robinson,
both colored, are under arrest at Montezu-
ma, Iowa, charged with f1ogging six-year-
old child until it died. There is talk of
a lynching.
The Temple Theatre in Philadelphia
burned and two firemen were buried in the
ruins. The Washington House adjoining
was damaged. Loss about $500, 600; insur-
ance s127, 900.
Judge Sloan, of Milwaukee, has lin
tied the defense in the riot cases to six wit
nesses. lie tells them further that thous-
| and witnesses could not make him believe
there was no riot at Bayview.
Captain Six-Killer, Chief of Police in
| the Indian Territory, was murdered by Alf
| Cunningham and Dick Vann, two Chero-
KEGS. Vann was recently released from the
Penitentiary by the Presidents pardon.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer, is
| still in London. lie will start this week for
| Zanzibar. 1t is asserted that he has de-
clined an offer of 100000 to return to
America and complete his lecturing tour.
| Mr.. Gladstone has written for the
January number of the Nineteenth Century
Jubilee" The article is criticism of the
poem by the light of events of the past fifty
years.
The large mills of the Dean Wooden
tirely consumed by fire Christmas morning,
causing a loss of about 100000, and throw
ing two hundred and forty hands out of EN-
ployment.
1t is stated that Oscar Cook has made
a confession that Fotheringham. the ex-
press messenger who is now in jail charged
with completely in the robbery, knew all
about the plan to rob his car,and was a will
| ing victim to the attack of the robber. He